12-letter words containing k, i, l, e
- sydney silky — silky terrier.
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- take in sail — to lower sails, as in order to reduce the area of sail set
- talking head — Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
- tank trailer — a trailer truck or tractor-trailer with a tank body, suitable for transporting gases or liquids, as oil, gasoline, or milk, in bulk.
- the flickers — the cinema
- the kalahari — an extensive arid plateau of South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana. Area: 260 000 sq km (100 000 sq miles)
- the likes of — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
- thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
- thick client — a computer having its own hard drive, as opposed to one on a network where most functions are carried out on a central server
- thick-lipped — having thick lips
- tick trefoil — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Desmodium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and jointed pods with hooked hairs by which they adhere to objects.
- tickled pink — to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation in; titillate.
- tickler coil — the coil by which the plate circuit of a vacuum tube is inductively coupled with the grid circuit in the process of regeneration.
- tickler file — a file consisting of memoranda, notices, electronic signals, or the like that serves to remind the user of matters that must be attended to.
- trailer park — an area where house trailers may be parked, usually having running water, electrical outlets, etc.
- trefoil knot — a knot having the form of a trefoil.
- trial docket — docket (def 1).
- trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- underskilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- unkindliness — an unkindly nature or quality
- unlikelihood — the state of being unlikely; improbability.
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor
- unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
- vernoleninsk — former name of Nikolayev.
- walk of life — The walk of life that you come from is the position that you have in society and the kind of job you have.
- walking beam — an overhead oscillating lever, pivoted at the middle, for transmitting force from a vertical connecting rod below one end to a vertical connecting rod, pump rod, etc., below the other end.
- walking fern — a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
- walking leaf — leaf insect.
- walking line — a line on the plan of a curving staircase on which all treads are of a uniform width and that is considered to be the ordinary path taken by persons on the stair.
- walking pace — the speed at which someone walks
- walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- wanne-eickel — a city in the Ruhr region in W Germany.
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- well-skilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- white alkali — Agriculture. a whitish layer of mineral salts, especially sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, and magnesium sulfate, often occurring on top of soils where rainfall is low.
- wilkes-barre — a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
- winterkilled — Simple past tense and past participle of winterkill.
- zebulon pike — James Albert, 1913–69, U.S. Protestant Episcopal clergyman, lawyer, and author.